Tag Archives: F-35

December 20, 2012Contract Awards, NewsComments Off on Alion Wins $183M For F-35, AF Acquisition Support

Alion Science and Technology has won a $183, 441, 738 U.S. Air Force contract modification to provide acquisition support to the Air Force’s secretary for acquisition and the F-35 program office. The Defense Department said this contract involves foreign military sales agreements with Israel, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Defense Department have closed on a new contract for the fifth batch of F-35 fighter jets, Reuters reports. The new agreement is worth $3.8 billion for the 32 jets including 22 conventional takeoff and landing variants for the Air Force, three short-takeoff-and-vertical variants for …

December 7, 2012Contract Awards, NewsComments Off on Lockheed Wins $386M for F-35 Air Systems Support

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a $386, 694, 924 contract modification to provide the U.S. Navy sustainment support services for the F-35 fighter jet’s air systems. The Defense Department said this award covers delivered systems under low rate initial production lot six of the program. Lockheed and the Pentagon …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will supply the Defense Department with 32 more F-35 fighter jets under an agreement the two sides have made in principle, American Forces Press Service reports. Claudette Roulo writes the 32 planes represent the Joint Strike Fighter program’s fifth batch, which the company began producing in …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered three F-35 short takeoff and vertical landing fighter jets to the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced Tuesday. These three jets increase the Marine Corps’ total number of STOVL aircraft to 16, with the total number of F-35s delivered in 2012 now at 20. …

More than 100 defense contractors will be in Washington for three days starting Nov. 14 at a government-hosted industry day on sustainment of the Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet, Defense News reports. According to the story by Aaron Mehta and Marcus Weisgerber, sustainment costs could reach $1 trillion …

October 10, 2012Contract Awards, NewsComments Off on Lockheed to Provide Long-Lead Parts for 4 F-35s

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a $28.62 million contract modification to provide long lead-time parts, material and components needed for the F-35 fighter jet, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. This modification covers parts needed to carry out the delivery schedule of four F-35 conventional takeoff and landing jets for …

Discussions between Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Defense Department officials on a fifth set of F-35 jets have advanced to a senior level, Reuters reports. A source told Andrea Shalal-Esa the two sides are not far apart in negotiations, with the difference between the two sides at about $100 million, …

The Defense Department plans to hold industry days Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 as it considers holding open competitions for sustainment work on the Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) F-35 jet, Aviation Week reports. According to the report, the seminars will focus on possible opportunities to compete for work in supply …

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